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“Wild Life” AR Experience Unveiled at London Shopping Centre

by Andrew Fenn

The Broadgate Centre in London has collaborated with The Aspinall Foundation to create a technological animal exhibition called Wild Life. A three-metre-tall polygonal sculpture of a gorilla, named Gus, created by Anglo-Italian design house …

Tags:AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

HbbTV and DTG Update Tests

by Bob Raikes

The HbbTV Association said that version 9.2 of its test suite has now been released. The aim of this release of the Test Suite is to support the certification of devices coming to market …

Tags:DTV| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Former Enta Boss Jailed

by Bob Raikes

The former boss of UK distributor, Enta, Jason Tsai has been given an eighteen month prison sentence for hiding assets from the tax authorities during the liquidation of a company, Changtel Solutions, formerly known …

BBC Three Covering Major eSports Tournament

by Andrew Fenn

The BBC will be showing coverage of the Gfinity Elite Series of eSports on BBC Three online every weekend for the next six weeks. BBC 3 is an online channel only. The news marks …

Leicester Square Screen Unveiled by Ocean

by Alan Spencer

Ocean has installed a new digital screen in London’s Leicester Square. The screen is located in the centre of London’s entertainment district, and forms part of a $8.7 million investment in the Vue cinema, …

JCDecaux Installs New Displays at Waterloo Station

by Andrew Fenn

French outdoor advertising company JCDecaux has launched its Gateline Channel at Waterloo Station in London. 80″ six-sheet digital screens have been installed at the edge of each platform, providing a 23% increase in screen …

Smartkem OTFT Heading for Implementation

by Bob Raikes

SmartKem will be supported by the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in an EU-funded project called Flextrans which is intended to accelerate the process for developing its Organic TFT (OTFT) technology. The companies have …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Organic TFTs| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 27

JCD Highlights Paddington Tower

by Bob Raikes

JCDecaux in the UK said that it will be updating its Paddington Tower 46 m² LED display as part of a major regeneration project in the area. The company claims that the site, on …

Tags:DOOH| JCDecaux| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 28

Primesight Keeps UK’s Biggest Outdoor Roadside Signage Deal

by Bob Raikes

Primesight has retained the UK’s Network Rail contract for roadside panels, reckoned to be the UK’s largest and valued at £125 million ($162 million) and covering 2,000 billboards over seven years. There are 70 …

Tags:DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 26

Entatech Creditors to Get Back Two Thirds

by Bob Raikes

We recently reported that UK distributor, Entatech, run by display industry veteran, Dave Stevinson, had gone into liquidation. It now seems that the unsecured creditors may get back as much as two thirds of …

Dooh Responds to Weather

by Bob Raikes

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has developed, with the Cream UK agency, an outdoor campaign for its beauty products that changes to reflect the weather, with variations for high temperatures, low temperatures and rain. Another set …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 24 - Issue 25

UK Celebrates 50 years of colour TV

by Bob Raikes

The UK has just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the launch of colour TV services in the country. On 30th June 1967, the BBC started transmission of the Wimbledon tennis tournament in colour. Check …